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Adolf Guggenbã¼hl-Craig Papers http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8ns10pp No online items Adolf Guggenbühl-Craig Papers Finding aid prepared by Archives Staff Opus Archives and Research Center 801 Ladera Lane Santa Barbara, CA, 93108 805-969-5750 info@opusarchives.org http://www.opusarchives.org © 2017 Adolf Guggenbühl-Craig Papers 1 Descriptive Summary Title: Adolf Guggenbühl-Craig Papers Physical Description: 11.5 linear feet (24 boxes) Repository: Opus Archives and Research Center Santa Barbara, CA 93108 Language of Material: English and German Scope and Content Note The Guggenbühl-Craig collection includes manuscripts in English and German as well as notes for lectures and symposia. Estate of Adolf Guggenbuhl-Craig Subjects and Indexing Terms Jungian psychology Psychoanalysis Archetype (Psychology) Lectures Subjects and Indexing Terms Marriage Sex Age Personality Box Article, notes, and seminar manuscripts, mostly on sexuality, psychotherapy, and GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG myth 108 Language of Material: Material is in English Box Folder: 01 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG "A Practical Jung" (Kyoto 1985) Notes 108 Language of Material: Material is in EnglishGerman Box Folder: 02 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG "Analysis, shorttime psychotherapie, counselling, etc." 108 Language of Material: Material is in GermanEnglish Box Folder: 03 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG "Archetyp der Beratung und Analyse" (Bern, 1988) 108 Language of Material: Material is in German Box Folder: 04 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG "Born as a Jungian Analyst" and "Jungian Psychology and Psychopathologia 108 Sexualis" Language of Material: Material is in English Box Folder: 05 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG "Deal with Legacy of C. G. Jung" 2000 108 Language of Material: Material is in English Box Folder: 06 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG "Gibt es gute Menschen" 108 Language of Material: Material is in German Adolf Guggenbühl-Craig Papers 2 Box Folder: 07 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG "Marchen, Mythen, Legenden" Winterthurm, 1987 1987-1988 108 Language of Material: Material is in German Box Folder: 08 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG "Mythologie, Aberglaube, Kreativitat, Spontanitat, Unabhangigkeit" 108 Language of Material: Material is in German Box Folder: 09 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG "Psychotherapy and Progress: A Contradiction in Terms" Korea 108 Language of Material: Material is in English Box Folder: 10 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG "Puritanism" and "Sexual Acting Out, Sexuality in Analysis" 108 Language of Material: Material is in English Box Folder: 11 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG "Sexueller Missbrauch von Kindern" 108 Language of Material: Material is in GermanEnglish Box Folder: 12 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG "Toten und getotet werden" (D) 108 Language of Material: Material is in German Box Folder: 13 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Seminar "Technische Regeln und Ethische Richtlinien" 2001 108 Language of Material: Material is in German Box Audio recordings of lectures about Carl Jung or from the C.G. Jung Institute of Los GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Angeles 123 Physical Description: Five cassette tapes Scope and Content Note #652 Cultivating Three Faces of Jung pt. 1 #652 Cultivating Three Faces of Jung pt. 2 "Harmony Comlexes" (poor recording) #649 How We Mistake Jung for Our Savior The archetypal background of current attitudes toward incest and child abuse Box Drafts of lectures and publications, mostly on Jungian analyst training and GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG individuation 118A Language of Material: Material is in GermanEnglish Box Folder: 01 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Drafts of “Moglichkeiten und Unmoglichkeiten in der Ausbildung zum Jung'schen 118A Analytiker” Language of Material: Material is in German Box Folder: 02 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Drafts of “Tragik und Moeglichkeiten von Selbstmordkrisen” 118A Language of Material: Material is in German Box Folder: 03 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Drafts of Marriage, a Curse or a Blessing? 118A Language of Material: Material is in English Adolf Guggenbühl-Craig Papers 3 Box Folder: 04 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Drafts of Mariage; terreur collective ou chemin d'individuation 118A Language of Material: Material is in French Box Folder: 05 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Drafts of a manuscript for publication—Problem der psychologischen Begabung 118A Language of Material: Material is in German Box Folder: 06 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Lectures—Psychologie des Jugendlichen Alters 118A Language of Material: Material is in German Box Folder: 07 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Lecture typescript and notes—Ehe, Scheidung, Kinder und die Individuation 118A Language of Material: Material is in FrenchEnglishGerman Box Folder: 08 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Annotated lecture typescript on nostalgia 118A Language of Material: Material is in GermanEnglish Box Folder: 09 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Lecture notes—Can one learn to become a Jungian analyst? 118A Language of Material: Material is in English Box Folder: 10 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Medical Records 118A Language of Material: Material is in German Box Esoteric lecture materials, and manuscripts on personality and therapy GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Language of Material: Material is in EnglishGerman 103 Box Folder: 01 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Notes for Esoterische Vortrage: Tuhaelanigade falschi teilweise 103 Box Folder: 02 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Program: Esoterische Vortrage im Bernhard—Theater 103 Box Folder: 03 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG “Faces of Jungian Psychology: The Three Faces” (Eng.) 103 Language of Material: Material is in English Box Folder: 04 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG “Introduction: The Three Faces" 103 Box Folder: 05 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG “Primal Scream Therapy”; "Autonomy of the Psyche"—English 103 Language of Material: Material is in English Note Not its proper title, but taken from first line Box Folder: 06 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG “The Charm of the Missing Eros" 103 Adolf Guggenbühl-Craig Papers 4 Box Lecture and publication drafts on youth, religion, and psychology GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Language of Material: Material is in GermanEnglish 121 Box Folder: 01 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Lecture typescripts—Youth and Individuation 121 Language of Material: Material is in EnglishGerman Box Folder: 02 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Article notes and draft—Jungian Psychotherapy 121 Language of Material: Material is in English Box Folder: 03 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Lecture typescript, correspondence, and program—Freunde und Feinde 121 Language of Material: Material is in German Box Folder: 04 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Lecture typescript—Toten und getotet warden 121 Language of Material: Material is in German Box Folder: 05 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Article typescript—The Basilisk, the bizarre animal 121 Language of Material: Material is in English Box Folder: 06 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Lecture typescript—Sind wir wirklich unseres Gluckes Schmiede? 121 Language of Material: Material is in German Box Folder: 07 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Lecture notes and drafts—Pseudoreligion, Youth + Evil 121 Language of Material: Material is in EnglishGerman Box Folder: 08 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Manuscript notes—Psychologie: Lehre der Seele 121 Language of Material: Material is in German Box Folder: 09 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Lecture typescript, program, and correspondence—Die Beziehungen zwischen den 121 Geschlechtern Language of Material: Material is in German Box Folder: 10 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Lecture drafts—Verdrangung 121 Language of Material: Material is in German Box Folder: 11 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Notes and research materials on gender and marriage 121 Language of Material: Material is in German Box Folder: 12 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Notes on parenting 121 Language of Material: Material is in German Adolf Guggenbühl-Craig Papers 5 Box Lecture drafts on equality, dialects, and personal papers GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Language of Material: Material is in GermanEnglish 122 Box Folder: 01 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Lecture drafts—Gleichheit—Equality 122 Language of Material: Material is in GermanEnglish Box Folder: 02 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Lecture notes, announcement, and annotated transcript—Equality 122 Language of Material: Material is in English Box Folder: 03 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Lecture notes and typescripts—Gleichheit, Mythos der Psychologie 122 Language of Material: Material is in German Box Folder: 04 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Lecture draft—Der Mensch lebt nicht nur vom Brot allein 122 Language of Material: Material is in German Box Folder: 05 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Article typescript and letter—Sprachverwilderung durch Forderung des 122 Hochdeutschen und Vernachlassigung des Dialektes Language of Material: Material is in German Box Folder: 06 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Eulogy draft—Aasprache Memorial fur Alfred Ziegler 122 Language of Material: Material is in German Box Folder: 07 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Dissertation and letter by Bernard Minder—Sabina Spielrein 1991 122 Language of Material: Material is in German Box Folder: 08 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Notes—Psychotherapy and Progress 122 Language of Material: Material is in English Box Lecture materials on gender, myth, and love, including personal correspondence GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Scope and Content Note 114 Manuscripts Box Folder: 01 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Lecture notes, research materials, and program—Askese 114 Language of Material: Material is in German Box Folder: 02 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Lecture notes and letter on love life 114 Language of Material: Material is in German Box Folder: 03 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Lecture typescripts—Einige Bemerkungen zu dem sich wandelnden Verhaltnis von 114 Mann und Frau—GSI Language of Material: Material is in German Adolf Guggenbühl-Craig Papers 6 Box Folder: 04 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Annotated typescripts—Ehe, Scheidung, Kinder und die Individuation 114 Language of Material: Material is in FrenchGerman Box Folder: 05 GUGGENBUHL-CRAIG Lecture programs, annotated typescript, and correspondence—“Drachen, 114 Jungfrauen & Ritter” (Reflektionen uber die Zahne und seelische Entwicklung) Language of Material: Material is
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